Patternwelded Steel AKA Damascus...

These guys are my heros and my inspiration ! Absouloutly amazing work!!! I have been blacksmithing & blade smithing for quite a while now. And several things have really helped me along the way, # 1 has been to perform atleast one forge weld EVERY time I light my forge. # 2 has been to clean the scale from the billet stock ans well as grind off the fire scale when doing a billet fold. # 3 has been to tackweld the ends of the billet. #4 is to weld a handle on to the billet.



http://www.powning.com/jake/commish/progress1.htm

http://www.atar.com/ Patternwelding

http://meiersteel.com/main.html

http://www.vikingsword.com/ethsword/patterns.html

http://www.caffreyknives.net/bsteel.htm


http://www.tms.org/pubs/journals/JOM/9809/Verhoeven-9809.html